future2 = null;

    /*
     * Futures should be collected even if combiner never runs. This is kind of a silly test, since
     * the combiner is almost certain to hold its own reference to the futures, and a real app would
     * hold a reference to the executor and thus to the combiner. What we really care about is that
     * the futures are released once the combiner is done running. But we happen to provide this

    future2 = null;

    /*
     * Futures should be collected even if combiner never runs. This is kind of a silly test, since
     * the combiner is almost certain to hold its own reference to the futures, and a real app would
     * hold a reference to the executor and thus to the combiner. What we really care about is that
     * the futures are released once the combiner is done running. But we happen to provide this

  
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- Duplicate owner reference entries in create/update/patch requests now get deduplicated by the API server. The client sending the request now receives a warning header in the API response. Clients should stop sending requests with duplicate owner references. The API server may reject such requests as early as 1.24. ([#96185](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96185), [@royc...

* CustomResourceDefinitions: OpenAPI v3 validation schemas containing `$ref`references are no longer permitted (valid references could not be constructed previously because property ids were not permitted either). Before upgrading, ensure CRD definitions do not include those `$ref` fields. ([#58438](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58438),...

    * Action required: change references to feature gate RequestManagement into references to APIPriorityAndFairness

- kubelet: Resolved hang/timeout issues when running large numbers of pods with unique `ConfigMap/Secret` references ([#74755](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74755), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))

### Other notable changes

the zone is chosen by algorithm. It makes possible to spread stateful pods across many zones. ([#44798](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/44798), [@zetaab](https://github.com/zetaab))

* PodSpecs containing parent directory references such as `..` (for example, `../bar`) in hostPath volume path or in volumeMount subpaths must be changed to the simple absolute path. Backsteps `..` are no longer allowed.([#47290](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/47290), [@jhorwit2...

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